The constellation
H659 Riddles of the superlative – miscellaneous
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Riddles of the superlative · H630 entry
beneath it
- Riddle: what is oldest? · H659.1 entry
- Riddle: what four things are hardest to hold? · H659.2 entry
- Riddle: what are best and worst stones? · H659.3 entry
- Riddle: what is the best fowl? · H659.4 entry
- Riddle: what is best religion – Christian or Mohammedan? · H659.5 entry
- Riddle: what kind of work occupies most men? · H659.6 entry
- Riddle: what is greatest? · H659.7 entry
- What is moistest? The south wind · H659.8 entry
- Riddle: what is wisest? · H659.9 entry
- Riddle: what is most general? · H659.10 entry
- Riddle: what is most useful? · H659.11 entry
- Riddle: what is most shameful? · H659.12 entry
- Riddle: what is most pleasant? · H659.13 entry
- Riddle: what is easiest? · H659.14 entry
- Riddle: what is the hardest to skin? · H659.15 entry
- Who are the best painters? Women (in the art of make-up) · H659.16 entry
- Riddle: what is the best time to eat? For the rich man, when he wishes; for the poor man, when he has something to eat · H659.17 entry
- What are the most accursed things? · H659.18 entry
- What is the most difficult to find and the most difficult to lose? The truth · H659.19 entry
- Who are really irresistible? Meat and drink · H659.20 entry
- Who are really meek? Cows and daughters · H659.21 entry
- Which is best, domestic or ascetic life? With good wife domestic life is best · H659.22 entry
- Which is the best of flowers? Cotton · H659.23 entry
- What is the finest jewel? · H659.24 entry
carried in tale type
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875